The University at Albany softball team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by capturing its fifth America East Conference championship and first since 2011 on Sunday.

The Great Danes defeated Stony Brook twice in the championship round of the double-elimination tournament, 3-2 and 8-1.

UAlbany had lost to the Seawolves 9-0 on Friday. The Great Danes came back to defeat Binghamton 5-2 on Saturday in the losers bracket to advance to the championship round against the regular-season champion.

Catcher Elizabeth Snow forced a second game when she drilled a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift UAlbany to the one-run win.

The Great Danes will travel to Eugene, Ore., to face Wisconsin (34-18) in the Regionals at 5 p.m. Friday. The Badgers were the fourth seed in the Big Ten Tournament, losing to top-seeded Michigan in the semifinals.

Regionals for the NCAA Division I Softball Championship will be held May 15-18 on 16 campus sites. At each campus site, a four-team, double-elimination tournament will be conducted and the 16 winning teams advance to the Super Regionals.

Oregon is (49-7-1) the top seed in the Eugene Regional and the top overall seed in the entire tournament.

The Ducks face surprise Western Athletic Conference champion Utah Valley (18-40) on Friday in the other opening-round game.